New Music Fridays kicks off with new releases from Between the Buried and me and DragonForce!

- July 9th, 2015 –

Fans across the world will now all have access to new albums on the same day! New music Fridays begin on Friday, July 10th with the first ever global music street date. Metal Blade Records offers up two huge releases to mark the unified global launch, with the new album from Between the Buried and Me, Coma Ecliptic, and the first ever DragonForce DVD/blu-ray, In the Line of Fire …Larger Than Live.

Between the Buried and Me‘s seventh full length album, Coma Ecliptic, boasts a series of emotive peaks and valleys that drive the narrative along with the lyrics. Singer Tommy Rogers shares: “Coma Ecliptic is a new life for BTBAM. Throughout the process we worked harder than we ever have and really pushed the BTBAM sound to a new identity. In a world of repetition, I’m very proud to be a part of something that is extremely rewarding, as well as frightening. When you don’t push yourself you will never know what the outcome is. The outcome is Coma Ecliptic.“

Coma Ecliptic was recorded in January and February of 2015 with longtime Between the Buried and Me producer Jamie King at Basement Recordings in North Carolina. Drums and piano were recorded with King and Kris Hilbert at the Fidelitorium. Final mixing and mastering was placed in the capable hands of Jens Bogren (Opeth, Katatonia, Amon Amarth, Devin Townsend) at Fascination Street Studios in Sweden. Watch the video for The Coma Machine now at metalblade.com/btbam.

DragonForce‘s first ever full length video release, In the Line of Fire …Larger Than Live, features high definition footage shot during the band’s Ultimate Stage headline show at 2014′s Loud Park Festival in the Saitama Super Arena, Japan, the band used multiple camera angles to capture the raw energy of their show and instrumental dexterity for which they are rightly celebrated worldwide. Watch the trailer for “In the Line of Fire” and pre-order your copy (on blu-ray or DVD w/ bonus audio disc) now at metalblade.com/dragonforce.

The track listing below features a selection of new songs from the latest album “Maximum Overload” mixed in with foot stomping anthems and lightning fast shred-fests from previous releases. The video also includes backstage, behind the scenes, and off tour footage to give fans an insight into the Maximum Overload World Tour.